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Old 02-25-2006, 06:14 PM
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my wife's 2002 4.0L Grand Cherokee is OK, but it's touchy about tires...I replaced the factory Goodyears with identical tires. I went on several websites, and several manufacturers, including Conti, say they do not make a tire that is appropriate for this vehicle, even though they build ContiTrac SUV's in the right size. I'll take that to mean you have to be careful with tire selection. The stupid thing has 68K on it, and has never shifted consistently, the 1-2 shift is noticeably higher when the car has 1/2 tank or less in it, not sure why. It also seems to start off from a stop in 2nd sometimes, although there is no rhyme or reason to it.

I do like that oil changes are easy as pie with all that space underneath and the filter easily accessible from above. I'm told that the 4.0 engine will start burning LOTS of oil if you don't do frequent oil changes, it's touchy about that.
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